The Probert Encyclopaedia of Warfare

TYPE 56

The Type 56 Assault Rifle is a Chinese copy of the later Soviet AK47 assault rifle. It is a gas-operated automatic assault rifle taking a 7.62 mm x 39 cartridge from a 30-round box. The Tyoe 56 Assault rifle has a muzzle velocity of 710 meters per second and an effective range of 300 meters and a cyclic rate of 600 rounds-per-minute. The Type 56 has a 414 mm long barrel and is fitted with a cylindrical post foresight and a tangent notch rearsight. The standard Type 56 Assault rifle has a fixed stock, a folding stock model was also produced as the Type 56-1 Assault rifle.
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